Electronics Forum | Wed Aug 17 13:57:27 EDT 2005 | ppwlee
We have encountered what appears to be mask discoloration after wave soldering. The areas of concern coincide with the areas that were exposed selectively by fixtures during wave soldering, dominated by one date code of PCB with a slightly different
Electronics Forum | Wed Aug 17 22:41:37 EDT 2005 | davef
Peter are you having fun with solder masks erwat? We saw this years ago with LPI solder masks. It shows occasionally with other masks. We agree with Russ. If nothing [eg, alcohol, flux thinner, acetonitrile, or water] dissolves the haze, then it
Electronics Forum | Wed Aug 17 14:30:58 EDT 2005 | russ
I usually see this with mask that is not fully cured from the PCB shop. This probably agrees with the baking statement that you made.
Electronics Forum | Wed Dec 12 17:00:14 EST 2001 | mparker
Aw Dave - you guys are so fashionable, are the dark green and red combos seasonal? caramel brown like a Pale Ale? I once heard that the green was chosen because it gives the best color contrast for white silk screens. As for color reflecting or abs
Electronics Forum | Tue Dec 11 22:31:40 EST 2001 | davef
I'd be surprised if solder mask color is causing your delamination. We use various solder mask colors on FR4 boards and notice no difference. * ~99% of our boards are a medium green * ~1% of our boards are dark green * One of our boards is caramel b
Electronics Forum | Tue Jan 13 10:35:06 EST 2009 | evtimov
konrad, why did you change your mind now? Now you can agree with PCB manifacturerers? I didn;t hear anything in their defense and you gave up. If colour is not the same each time, that means they don't have standarts or knowledge to control it, an
Electronics Forum | Tue Jan 13 12:54:11 EST 2009 | boardhouse
Emil, Part of the problem it sounded like is that the color was not clearly defined as light or dark in Matte or gloss. Your example of car paint would have the same issue if you just ask them to paint your car green. What color of green would y
Electronics Forum | Sat Feb 20 09:56:22 EST 1999 | Tufty
| We are in the process of getting into no-clean paste and fluxes. One important issue in this is sodler balling. I have heard some people say that having a matte finish would help in having lesser solder balls and that the solder balls would not b
Electronics Forum | Wed Jun 22 15:03:12 EDT 2005 | patrickbruneel
The only thing ammonia can do is tarnish copper and make it more difficult to solder. And the higher temp in lead-free will discolor the latex (giving it a sticky surface), but the functionality of the mask will be intact. There should be greater co
Electronics Forum | Mon Aug 04 16:20:35 EDT 2008 | patrickbruneel
After analyzing the pictures I don't think the solder balls are caused by the solder mask. If the problem would be solder mask related the solder balls would only show up on the solder mask but there are also solder balls on the plastic tabs. To me i
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